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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. New residents of Meadowlake are prohibited from having visits until they have been at the facility for how many days?
(a) 30.
(b) 90.
(c) 15.
(d) 5.

2. Grant's colleague and others like him are described as spending "every night on" what objects with their "bewitching young mistresses" (285)?
(a) Alert.
(b) Floor mattresses.
(c) Call.
(d) Hotel beds.

3. What adjective does Grant use to refer to the friends who had helped him see that he needed to halt his infidelities?
(a) Ignorant.
(b) Helpful.
(c) Cowardly.
(d) Selfish.

4. What two scents are said to have accompanied the colleagues of Grant's as they returned from their nights of debauchery?
(a) Desperation and desire.
(b) Dope and incense.
(c) Perfume and sex.
(d) Cinnamon and sugar.

5. What color had Fiona's hair been before it had turned white?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blond.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

6. What kind of flowers does Grant bring to Fiona the first time he visits after the required period with no visits?
(a) Carnations.
(b) Narcissus.
(c) Lilies.
(d) Roses.

7. What item did Grant promise to Fiona on the New Year's Eve that followed his receipt of the letter?
(a) A new car.
(b) A new stage of their relationship.
(c) A new life.
(d) A new house.

8. What beverage does the narrator name as one Grant never drinks?
(a) Soda.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Tea.
(d) Coffee.

9. Grant recognizes that continuing his infidelity "might" have eventually "cost him" (289) what?
(a) His job.
(b) His sanity.
(c) Fiona.
(d) His tenure.

10. A supervisor at Meadowlake tells Grant that the patients on which floor have separate rules than the patients on Fiona's floor?
(a) The fourth.
(b) The first.
(c) The second.
(d) The third.

11. What term is used to describe Fiona's mother's political stance?
(a) Alt-right.
(b) Far-left.
(c) Far-right.
(d) Moderate.

12. Which character first suggests the possibility of Fiona's move to Meadowlake?
(a) Kristy.
(b) Fiona.
(c) Grant.
(d) Aubrey.

13. What country is NOT named as one to which Fiona and Grant had traveled during one of their winters after retirement?
(a) Australia.
(b) Greece.
(c) Costa Rica.
(d) Spain.

14. What does Grant turn on while he prepares his own supper after Fiona's move to Meadowlake?
(a) An easy listening radio station.
(b) The television news.
(c) Every light in the house.
(d) The dishwasher.

15. Grant had once received a letter from which person associated with one of Grant's former lovers/students?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her roommate.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What malady does Fiona contract during her initial period of living at Meadowlake?

2. What kind of beverage does Fiona offer to Grant when he visits her for the first time at Meadowlake?

3. Who first tells Grant that the name of the man sitting next to Fiona is Aubrey?

4. What term does Kristy use to refer to Aubrey's relationship to Fiona?

5. Kristy instructs Grant to say hello to Fiona while trying not to take what action?

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